Broadmoor hospital has taken a step cloer to a multi-million pound re-build

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Broadmoor, the infamous high security hospital, recently criticised for its poor performance, has taken a step closer to a multi-million pound re-build.

The psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, home to some of the UK’s most feared criminals, looks set to be completely rebuilt on a site next to the existing buildings in Upper Broadmoor Road by 2016 after NHS London approved a business plan.

The original building, now grade II listed, was built in 1863 but after the hospital was deemed to be “totally unfit for purpose” by a health watchdog earlier this year the West London Mental Health NHS Trust has formulated a plan to completely rebuild it.

The business case drawn up by the trust, which runs the hospital, has been approved by NHS London and will now be submitted to the Department of Health and the Treasury.

Peter Cubbon, appointed as chief executive at West London Mental Health Trust last month, said: “I welcome the news that NHS London has backed the redevelopment of the hospital.

“Broadmoor Hospital has been publicly criticised for the state of the buildings which are deemed inadequate to provide the safe, secure and therapeutic environment our patients require.

“My hope is that the redevelopment will be agreed by the Department of Health and Treasury so that we can advance the planning work we need to do to build a new Broadmoor hospital offering high quality care to patients.”

Plans for the new hospital include room for up to 266 male patients from London and the south of England at a cost of around £288million.